silver age
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness.
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(usually initial capital letters) a period in Latin literature, a.d. c14–138, following the Augustan Age: the second phase of Classical Latin.
noun
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(in Greek and Roman mythology) the second of the world's major epochs, inferior to the preceding golden age and characterized by opulence and irreligion
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the postclassical period of Latin literature, occupying the early part of the Roman imperial era, characterized by an overindulgence in elegance for its own sake and empty scholarly rhetoric
Etymology
Origin of silver age
First recorded in 1555–65
Example Sentences
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In his downtown office, a framed silver age comic book sits by his desk, chronicling the adventures of “Mr. District Attorney.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
We live in a silver age, aesthetically as well as demographically.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2019
And why has it taken Hollywood generally so long to embrace the cosmic nuttiness of the sci-fi and magic-obsessed comic book silver age?
From The Guardian ● May 3, 2017
A year earlier, Warner Bros’ debut attempt to venture into silver age comic book space fantasy, Green Lantern, had proved even more disastrous.
From The Guardian ● May 3, 2017
On conjugial love with those who lived in the silver age, n.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
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